Jute Gyte and the Art of Artificial Nihility
In the past decade, the notion of genre has become an increasingly dated one -…
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Amadeus and The Reaper: Classical Sensibilities in Children of Bodom
The link between classical music and heavy metal has long been recognised; in fact it…
Weakling – Dead As Dreams (A Retrospective Review)
There are several albums within any genre which can be considered cornerstones; records which, for…
10 Intelligent Books About Metal
Heavy metal is low-brow, apolitical, mindless, unmusical – right? Wrong. Those of us who love…
Absolute Bastard: In Violet’s Amber
[Editor’s note: This is a review with a difference. Rather than our conventional distant approach…
Waiting for the Sun: A Trip Into the Dark Corners of Psychedelic Black Metal
Over the last ten years, aspects of psychedelic rock have seeped into black metal. The…